Democratic County Convention Set for Next Saturday
Democrats of Lucas County plan a county convention to elect a central committee nominate a county ticket and select delegates to state and senatorial conventions. Sheriff Boss and County Superintendent Fitch are favored for re nomination and likely re election. Non delegates may attend sessions and observe without voting.
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Democratis
Sherif Boss
Fitch
Miss Fitch
Boss
Lucas County
Commissioner Foulke Advocates Woman Suffrage
Speech by WM. DUDLEY FOULKE arguing for women's right to vote. He compares male and female interests in taxation, morality, and protection of family, stating that women's interests differ from men's and that liberty for women fosters healthier development.
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Dudley Foulke
Democratic State Convention to Nominate Iowa Leaders
The Democratic State Central Committee announces a delegate convention in Des Moines on June 24 1903 to nominate candidates for governor lieutenant governor supreme court superintendent of public instruction railroad commissioner and other business. Delegates are apportioned by county with a total of 80 in the eighth district and 853 statewide. All Democrats and supporters urged to participate as delegates are chosen by county and district votes from the last secretary of state race.
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State of
Iowa
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Adams
Appanoose
Clarke
Decatur
Kremont
Lucas
Page
Ringgold
Taylor
Union
Wayne
Democratic State Central Committee
N.C. Roperts
A. E. Jackson
Democratic County Central Committee Listings
A compiled slate lists county central committee members by precincts and officials. Names include Benton, Cedar, Chariton, English, Jackson, Liberty, Lincoln, Ottercreek, Pleasant, Union, Warren, Washington and Whitebreast with roles such as chair, secretary, and various precinct representatives. Specific members include J. C. Baker, W. A. Miller, J. C. Kenney, John Hamilton, Pat Bevard, Thomas O Donnell, David Brown, and J. C. Baker as chair.
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Benton
Ponry Scott
Cedar
J. I. Scott
Chariton
A. C. Riebel
English
W. A. Miller Jackson
J. C. Baker
Liberty
J. C. Kenney
Lincoln
John Hamilton
Ottercreek
R. B. Conray
Pleasant
H. M. Spicer
Union
Pat Bevard
Warren
S. T. Tanner
Washington
Thomas O’ Donnell
Whitebreast
David Brown
W. H. Dewey
Chairton
J.C. Baker
Lucas
Texas publications and Katy era prospects hinted in bursts
The fragment mentions Texas prospects and a publication called The Golden Square in Katy. It references a 510 Wainwright Building and St. Louis Missouri, along with a note about applications and addresses. The text is garbled but suggests publication details and place names linked to Katy Texas and St. Louis.
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Texas
Katy
the Golden Square
Adares
Wainwright Bidg
St. Lo Mo
Tin and Galvanized Work on Short Notice
Reliable tin and galvanized work offered on short notice. Call for prompt service and patronage. May include general repairs, installations, and metal fabrications as available.
Cards Disclose the Man in a Bridge Session
A girl recalls playing bridge with Mr X and Mr Z, noting Mr X showed petty greed and irritability over small stakes while Mr Z remained good natured. She concludes testing character occurs at the table, and bridges reveals traits under provocation. The New York Tribune is cited about the broader moral in competitive games.
Badger outsmarts fire prank in cliff-side den
A badger living among granite cliffs outsmarts a painter’s practical joke. The would-be arsonist placed burning grass at the badger’s hole, but the animal rushed out, scratched the burning material with its claws, and extinguished the blaze. The response showed swift understanding and cool problem solving.
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Badger
Bud Transfer Reflects Tree Age On Grafted Bud
Plant life students note that a bud taken from a twenty five year old tree and grafted onto another carries the age of its origin. The bud does not gain a full life. it lives only for the portion of life remaining in the host tree, about twenty five years.
Fragmented humor and OCR snippets from a 1900s column
A jumble of jokes and quotes from a newspaper page includes a Detroit suitor proposing by telegraph, a witty reply about twenty words, and a professor’s quip on education. The text also references a Washington Star fragment and a Cleveland item, all in a playful, clipped style.
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Michigan
United States
Detroit
Jackson’s Staite on the Constitution Head Theft 1834
Commodore Elliott ordered a General Jackson figure for the Constitution replacing a billet head. Placed in June 1834, it sparked Boston political fury and threats from anonymous writers. Samuel Dwey sawed off the statue head during a July thunderstorm, it was replaced a month later, later moved to New York, then to Annapolis Naval Academy grounds.
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Jackson
Commodore Elliott
General Jackson
United States
Constitution
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston
Faneushall
Samuel P. Dewey
New York
Naval School
Annapolis
Silver and Smell Jokes and Remarks From Readers
A pair of humorous vignettes reaches from a husband’s pledge of all silver he carries to his wife to a Boston church sexton’s tale about the “odor of sanctity.” The first ends with the wife depositing the silver as birthday money and prompting a playful bank scene. The second recalls a festive misinterpretation of church aromas by an elderly visitor.
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London
Boston
Women Calendar Habits and Fragmented Speech Snippets
In Siam every woman is described as a walking calendar with color coded outfits for each day and gems to match. The text blends quirky dialogue about truth and a garbled transcript filled with interrupted phrases and unfamiliar phrases, suggesting a periodical excerpt of miscellaneous notes.
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Siam
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Rowe
China
Ecatterele Wits
Drew Selby Shoe Co
Darrah North Side Square
Democratic County Convention
Commissioner Foulke
Democratic County Central
Sai
the Badger
Figdren
Pritha
Washington Star
Ely
Willie
Uhtacelpuln Press
Tower of Babel
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